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Apr 8, 2024 · There should be no upper limit to wealth as long as the economic pie is growing and the poor are getting some of it. It doesn’t matter if the rich are getting much richer—they create wealth. Why should we care about the top, the upper limit, that you discuss in your book?
Jan 17, 2024 · As I argue in Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth, there should be an upper limit to how much personal wealth any individual can have. And that limit does not lie at a billion:...
Apr 5, 2024 · Developed countries with adequate social safety nets, such as her native Netherlands, should impose a limit of €10 million (£8.5 million) on individual personal wealth, according to Robeyns....
Mar 13, 2024 · If we want to limit wealth so that we can tackle poverty, protect democracy, reverse ecological degradation, pay for the nation’s healthcare and eliminate undeserved riches, then where should we draw the line?
Jan 29, 2024 · Why should society limit extreme personal wealth? Excess wealth keeps the poor in poverty while inequality grows. Research shows that the lion’s share of the gains that economies wield go...
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Feb 8, 2024 · Robeyns sets out a powerful moral case against today’s wealth divide and asks the all-important question: “how much is too much?”. She calls for setting limits to the size of individual fortunes that would vary across countries.
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Feb 8, 2024 · A strength of both books is to puncture what Hildyard calls our “misplaced deference” and “servility” to the super-rich: they want us to resist being impressed by wealth. In this regard ...
